Improvement in sad-irons



J. M. WHITING.

SAD-IRONS.

Patented Sept. 19, 1876.

No'.18Z-.500.

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UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE,

JAMES M. WHITING, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF HISRIGHT TO BENJAMIN F. PABODIE, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN SAD-IRONS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 182,500, datedSeptember 19, 1876; application filed May 11, 1875.

.To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JAMES M. WHITING, ofProvidence, Rhode Island, have invented certain Improvements inSad-Irons, of which the following is a specification My inventionconsists in the use of a combined shield, wedge, and thumb-piece in avertically-divided iron.

Figure l is a plan of myimproved sad-iron. Fig. 2 is a side elevation ofthe same.

In Fig. l, A represents a cast-iron handle, and b b a steel spring,passing through handle A, and suitably curved to enter irons c c,constituting a spring sufficient to hold the shoe E firmly while in use.D represents a vertical rib of shoe 6, placed across the same tocorrespond with opening in irons c c, which clasp the rib, and hold theshoe while in use, as above described. s is a shield; W, a wedge, and Fa thumb-piece, combined in one, and pivoted to spring I) at one end bymeans of lugs and pin, as shown.

It will readily be seen that, by pressing down the shield,the wedge W isforced between irons c c, releasing shoe 0 from pressure of spring I)12, thus allowing the shoe to drop out.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of irons c c, springs b b, guard s, wedge W, and shoe 0with vertical rib, as shown and described.

JAMES M. WHITING.

Witnesses:

VINcENT M. BOWEN, L. E. SALISBURY.

